Condemnation by Taiwan over the possibility of a new US-China communique after Donald Trump's upcoming meeting with Xi Jinping is indicative of the Tsai administration’s shifting view of the Trump administration...
With Sunflower Movement activists found not guilty today of all charges related to the occupation of the Legislative Yuan three years ago, another part of the unresolved legacy of the Sunflower Movement has been taken care of. But it remains that the sentencing for other legal cases involving incidents during the Sunflower Movement have not yet been heard. And, of course, the trial verdict raises the fact that many of the demands of the Sunflower Movement still have not been met...
The arrest and detention in China of Lee Ming-Che, a former staffer in DPP headquarters and human rights advocate, has provoked shock and worry in Taiwan...
Looking back on American secretary of state Rex Tillerson’s visit to Asia and meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping, one observes that verdicts were sharply divided in critical evaluations...
Due to increasing tensions between both parties, the NPP and DPP may be set for a permanent split in the near future, as accentuated by the issue of a recall vote facing NPP chair Huang Kuo-Chang...
The "election" of Carrie Lam as Chief Executive of Hong Kong should be of little surprise to those who follow Hong Kong politics. But what now for Hong Kong?...
Last week’s demolition of the home of Chang'an West Road resident Chang Chuan-chin under suspicious circumstances which were claimed to be an accident has raised fears of a renewed wave of forced urban evictions in Taipei, with the recent lifting of restrictions on urban development passed after the demolition of the Wang family home in Shilin...
Upcoming elections for the position of Chief Executive in Hong Kong should only further demonstrate that the facade of democracy in Hong Kong has all but fallen away...
A hearing by the Constitutional Court of the Judicial Yuan on the subject of gay marriage earlier today has provoked anger among marriage equality advocates after comments by Minister of Justice Chiu Tai-San arguing against marriage equality during the hearing. The outcome of the hearing remains forthcoming, but could potentially legalize marriage equality in Taiwan...
Controversy has erupted in National Taiwan University after a student group, the NTU Kaohsiung Student Union, released an advertisement for an upcoming campus event featuring an image of a bound woman surrounded by men, with the accompanying text strongly suggesting gang rape...
Brian Hioe is one of the founding editors of New Bloom. He is a freelance journalist, as well as a translator. A New York native and Taiwanese-American, he has an MA in East Asian Languages and Cultures from Columbia University and graduated from New York University with majors in History, East Asian Studies, and English Literature. He was Democracy and Human Rights Service Fellow at the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy from 2017 to 2018 and is currently a Non-Resident Fellow at the University of Nottingham's Taiwan Studies Programme.
